General Motors Revs Up Zero-Waste Program Worldwide

GreenBiz - Sixty-two General Motors plants are now zero waste facilities by recycling or reusing more than 97 percent of the materials left from the manufacturing process that would otherwise be sent to landfills, the company said. The roughly 3 percent of remaining manufacturing waste is converted to energy at waste-to-energy facilities to help replace fossil fuels, GM said in a recent announcement.

GM wants half of its major manufacturing facilities worldwide to attain zero-waste status by the end of this year. The achievement by the 62 plants brings the firm within 87 percent of its 2010 goal. Overall, 43 percent of GM's manufacturing sites are now zero waste...Here is video about how GM's Flint Engine South powertrain plant became a zero waste facility: